The entire day was spent touring! We took a walking tour of Salzburg in the morning where we got a bit of rain, and then we took the Sound of Music tour in the afternoon! It was a long day full of a lot of walking! We were REALLY tired at the end of it! We saw so many things and had so many facts, dates and information thrown at us that hopefully I can remember at least some of it to record here. We took 75 pictures today! So here it goes!
This tunnel was built in the 1700's to be able to access the city easier. They tunneled through
solid rock...it was built a little before Mozart was born,
Our cute hotel sign...
Another view of the tunnel...
Our guide Roman! He was awesome! He was very knowledgeable about everything and made the tour interesting with a lot of interesting facts and stories to go with them.
He was also very efficient, and we saw a lot with him!
Fountain where they washed their horses...located right next to the tunnel.
The Salzburg Fortress.
Concert hall on the left and the University on the right.
Awesome farmers market going on during our tour that we came back to later.
Mozart's birthplace!
Now a museum.
Street of Mozart's birthplace.
It is now a museum. He was born on January 27, 1756! See I know German! Hahaha!
Nope I don't, it was just repeated about 50 times on this tour! They are very proud
of the fact that Mozart is Austrian!!
Same street-- everything is named after Mozart!
The Salt River
Roman showing us the traditional men's clothing and hat. The pants are leather and they never wash them, they just stand them up in their closet to wear another day! (Yuck!!) Here Roman is explaining this bridge... these are locks people put on it to signify "eternal love". I found this similar to the bridge in Paris over the Senne River-- which the guide said is no longer there... they rebuilt it and don't allow locks to be put on it anymore. I'm glad I saw it when it was there!
Doppler was Austrian! (He's the one that figured out sound and discoverd the "Doppler Affect"!)
One of Mozart's residences and where his Dad lived.
This is an example of a "trip stone". There is one for every Jew who was deported during WWII. They tell the date they were forced to leave, what concentration camp they went to, and when they died! This one was a woman-- she was deported August 1944, went to Neuengamme concentration camp and was killed in the camp on November 13, 1944! I found this to be so interesting! We found them all over the then Jewish quarter of Salzburg. Roman said that there weren't very many Jews in Austria at the time of the war, because an earlier King had already forced them out.
Same trip stone. Roman was so knowledgeable about this and was pretty much the only one that would really talk about the war. We found that they just don't like to talk about it.
Here you can see where this trip stone is located. They put them in alley ways like this one, to memorialize each individual Jew. Roman said that a lot of European countries are doing this!
Burial plot of Mozart's family. Mozart is not buried here though.
Same fountain as before from Sound of Music where Maria sang "I Have Confidence".
Several from our group broke out in song whenever we passed this!
St. Peter's Church...the 2 statues in the middle are Peter and Paul-- who were the patron saints of this church. Mozart played the organ here...
Peter with the key and Paul.
Christening basin where Mozart and Joseph Mohr
(who wrote the tune to Silent Night), were christened.
Another church where if you walk down a marked path in the cobblestone the gold crown
goes down onto Mary's head. The crown is on the building and Mary is the statue! Cool!!
Here she is with the crown on her head. They were so ingenious in the way they built things!
After our tour, we went back to the farmer's market in the city center. Beautiful rose bouquet!
These street markets were everywhere and sell fresh produce and flowers but there were also a lot of street vendors selling sausage sandwiches and pretzels... we frequented one of these for our lunch!
They love fresh flowers and you saw women riding their bikes with their baskets full of them! So beautiful!! A few women were in this stand making bouquets or you could just buy the flowers and assemble them yourself. They didn't seem to mind me taking pictures of their work!
The Sound of Music Tour!! Untersberg Mountain..."Climb Every Mountain"
We snuck into Roman's group again! He's so good!! I think the other guide was a little offended...
Here's Leopolds Kron Castle which was the exterior of the Von Trapp family home in the movie... it's the back of the home where the children and Maria fall into the Lake out of their boat.
Untersberg Mtn. again. So iconic!
Passing the backside of the Salzburg Fortress from the outside of the city center on the bus.
The Nonnberg Abbey where we were first introduced to Maria as a novice. Also where the family hid from the Nazi's at the end of the movie and the nuns say, "we have sinned" as the'd rigged the Nazi's car so it wouldn't go anywhere! Roman told us that it is the oldest abbey in the world!
Where the Von Trapp family comes singing across the bridge and is singing in the trees
in their play clothes made by Maria from curtains!
Original gazebo from the movie where Leisl and Franz sing "I am 16 going on 17". It was moved from it's original place and locked up because someone got hurt jumping from bench to bench like they do in the movie! It was moved to the grounds of Hellbrunn Castle. The actress that played Leisl actually broke her ankle during the filming of this scene. (Apparently those benches are really dangerous.) Roman said that in the earlier versions of the film you can see her ankle all bandaged up, but they retouched it later and you can't see it now.)
Hellbrunn Castle and trick fountains!
This castle quickly moved up to my #1 new favorite castle!! You will see why below!
The Von Trapps (the real family) would've frequented this castle a lot, but it is not in the movie. The Prince Arch Bishop who built it was a trickster and I think had a sense of humor! In my mind, easily the "coolest house in the neighborhood" from a kid's point of view.
We toured the inside of the castle...many beautiful rooms!
As we exited the castle we were taken on a tour of the grounds and beautiful fountains! :)
Here the arch bishop would sit with his guests... the hole in the center of the table was used for ice and they'd put their food there to keep it cool. And then...
...the trick fountains would come on to tease his guests!
Water even came out of the chairs! That would really surprise me!
Another alcove he built with trick fountains!
Gargoyles that spit water...
Sealings made of rocks and shells...
Here the water came out of the animal statues!
And other places too! You really had to watch out!
Here's a cool alcove on the grounds that when the water came up it powered the hat to go up with it!
Here you see the hat before the water comes up underneath...
As we exited the building we got wet! It felt good though, it was a HOT day!
Exciting the fountains and gardens.
We purchased a copy of the Sound of Music in the gift shop!
Mirabell Gardens...
...and palace,
Pegasus Statue where the kids sang "Do Re Mi". They sang and danced around this.
Way to outdoor hedged stage...
Small house/cottage where Mozart wrote most of "The Magic Flute". It was transferred
from Vienna as a gift and tribute of Mozart to the city of Salzburg.
Outdoor hedged stage where Von Trapp children sing adjacent to the fountain.
The Pegasus Fountain where they sang and danced to "Do Re Mi".
Awesome restaurant where we ate that night! A guide said it was good, and it WAS!!
It was probably the best meal and atmosphere we had during our entire trip!
I don't think the tourists know about this one!
We ate outside this hotel/restaurant on the 4th floor terrace where you could continue on behind the hotel up a steep hill and steps to the Salzburg Abbey. When rain threatened,
they just put up a motorized cover overhead!
Behind Bill is the road and steps up to the abbey. The women at the table next to us were such cute Austrians on a Girls Night Out! We saw them later on our walk back to the hotel!
The waiter was so nice and very proud of the food they served here. He had every right to be proud of it! It was so good and very reasonable! I had the beef...yum! I can still taste it--so tender! The waiter said that the owner only buys beef that is free range. Well, I thought it was excellent myself!
This place was definitely off the beaten path, but so wonderful! Hotel/Restaurant Stadtkrug!
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